Marty L. Slattery

TL;DR: This committee presents one key recommendation for community action to accompany the four recommendations for individual choices to reduce cancer risk, recognizing that a supportive social environment is indispensable if individuals at all levels of society are to have genuine opportunities to choose healthy behaviors.

TL;DR: This study failed to show any effect of a low-fat, high-fiber,High-fruit and -vegetable eating pattern on adenoma recurrence even with 8 years of follow-up.

TL;DR: It is suggested that rural blacks and whites are at increased risk of colon cancer regardless of stage of disease at diagnosis than their urban counterparts; this relationship may be mediated by screening behavior.

TL;DR: A divergent pattern between Hispanic and NHW cases in the association between obesity and ER status and tumor size is observed, suggesting that a complex set of metabolic and hormonal factors related to estrogen and insulin pathways influence tumor characteristics.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the biological basis of disparities in breast cancer risk in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women by evaluating genetic variation in genes involved in inflammation, insulin and energy homeostasis in conjunction with genetic ancestry.